COMING THIS SEPTEMBER......the macabre, wicked, spellbinding sequel to THE SILENT GIRLS...A tour de force. Unstoppable suspense drives readers deep into Rickstad's dark and haunting world. Impossible to put down."— Gregg Olsen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE BOY SHE LEFT BEHIND"A masterful thriller. Dark. Gritty. Poetic."— Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author of THE EX"A complex, chilling page-turner, beautifully written. Menacing and atmospheric. Empathetic and addictive."— James W. Ziskin, Edgar-nominated author of the Ellie Stone Mysteries"A complex and emotional thriller—Rickstad blurs the lines of good and evil."— Wendy Walker, bestselling author EMMA IN THE NIGHT"A taut, slick thriller, almost unbearably tense. Warning: Once you start, you won't be able to stop."— Brad Parks, author of SAY NOTHING"A brilliant, rare literary thriller: captivating in character, precise in language, and fueled by a relentless, mounting terror."— Steve Weddle, author of COUNTRY HARDBALL"A diamond of a thriller by a seriously gifted writer who spins a dark and twisted plot in a supremely atmospheric and chilling tale that leaps from the page. This book will grab you by the throat and not let go. You have been warned."— Mark Pryor, author of the Hugo Marston crime series

About Eric

Eric Rickstad is the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Amazon, and international bestselling author of the THE SILENT GIRLS, LIE IN WAIT, and REAP, novels heralded as intelligent and profound, dark, disturbing, and heartbreaking. He lives in his home state of Vermont. His latest novel, THE NAMES OF DEAD GIRLS—the terrifying sequel to the smash sensation THE SILENT GIRLS—publishes September 12, 2017. Pre-order today: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound

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THE NAMES OF DEAD GIRLS

Coming in September…

Every murder tells a story. Some stories never end…

In a remote northern Vermont town, college student Rachel Rath is being watched. She can feel the stranger’s eyes on her, relentless and possessive. And she’s sure the man watching her is the same man who killed her mother and father years ago: Ned Preacher, a serial rapist and murderer who gamed the system to get a light sentence. Now, he’s free.

Detective Frank Rath adopted Rachel, his niece, after the shocking murder of her parents when she was a baby. Ever since, Rath’s tried to protect her from the true story of her parents’ deaths. But now Preacher is calling Rath to torment him. He’s threatening Rachel and plotting cruelties for her, of the flesh and of the mind. When other girls are found brutally murdered, and a woman goes missing, Rath and Detective Sonja Test must untangle the threads that tie these new crimes and some long-ago nightmares together. Soon they will learn that the truth is more perverse than anyone could guess, rife with secrets, cruel desires, and warped, deadly loyalty.

Mesmerizing, startling, and intricately plotted, The Names of Dead Girls builds relentlessly on its spellbinding premise, luring readers into its dark and macabre mystery, right to its shocking end.